Climbing for me is about being free. It's just to move and be uninhibited and feel and tap into the connection with… — Dean Potter Being Copy Share Image
The knowledge that in a split second that I could be dead almost overwhelms me. But it is through constant exposure to… — Dean Potter Alive Copy Share Image
People think I'm a lunatic or adrenaline junkie, but that's not what's going on with me. The beauty is what I'm most… — Dean Potter Adrenaline Copy Share Image
I'm more proud of how many times I haven't jumped than how many times I have jumped. Sometimes walking down, I've saved… — Dean Potter Life Copy Share Image
I know I'm just as mortal as everybody else and I think about that quite a bit, but I really do feel… — Dean Potter Death Copy Share Image
I started free-soloing harder and harder routes, kind of proving to myself that I could take control of this, pretty much the… — Dean Potter Biggest fear Copy Share Image
My feet look like hooves-like, fake-leather bottoms and funky toenails - and I scrub them with a big stiff-bristled nylon brush you'd… — Dean Potter Big Copy Share Image
In most every other country, 'body flying' more commonly known as BASE jumping is legal and looked upon as a beautiful art.… — Dean Potter Art Copy Share Image
My fear is with the onset of mainstream interest in extreme sports that diversity will be subdued and eventually snubbed out within… — Dean Potter Community Copy Share Image
There are probably people who think I'm crazy for doing what I'm doing and they're probably right. Compared to them, compared to… — Dean Potter Crazy Copy Share Image
I'm not saying take your dog wingsuit flying. But if we can take Whisper BASE jumping or climbing, maybe you can take… — Dean Potter Animal Copy Share Image
I had trouble focusing as a child and I still sort of do, but when you climb and you're going to die… — Dean Potter Children Copy Share Image
I regret the negative press that has come with my climb of the Delicate Arch, but I think that there is a… — Dean Potter Bigger picture Copy Share Image
When I do stuff where death could be a real consequence, it makes me want to live right. — Dean Potter Death Copy Share Image
I don't have thoughts of an afterlife. I think dying is like when you swat a fly - it's over. — Dean Potter Afterlife Copy Share Image
I want to live to be a grandfather, or to be doing this when I'm 80. — Dean Potter Doing Copy Share Image
I love the idea that I can change the worst possible thing to the best possible thing: dying to flying. — Dean Potter Best Copy Share Image
I don't want to die, but I'm ok putting it all out there for the most beautiful expression of my life. — Dean Potter Beautiful Copy Share Image
Every time I go out and do something, Hans panics and starts trying to beat me. He's like a dog humping your… — Dean Potter Beats Copy Share Image
The most beautiful experiences I've had climbing are when everything is simplified. Free soloing is the simplest thing, until you learn to… — Dean Potter Air Copy Share Image
When you do things that are different and extreme, some people like it and some people don't. I don't really care if… — Dean Potter Care Copy Share Image
The decision to go into the mountains and hike with your dog, and wingsuit with the dog, can bring catastrophe. These are… — Dean Potter Animal Copy Share Image
None of my friends, or anyone I know, told me not to jump with Whisper. Anyone who knows me knows that I… — Dean Potter Dog Copy Share Image
I also know for a fact of at least two other ascents of the Delicate Arch. But when 'Outside' did their research,… — Dean Potter Anything Copy Share Image
Entranced by the flight of a raven, I watch its shadow move effortlessly against golden, shimmering granite. I long to be that… — Dean Potter Alive Copy Share Image
On the highline my thoughts are simple and clear. Fundamental needs shine through the mental clutter. I focus completely on my breath,… — Dean Potter Connection Copy Share Image
It's kind of strange to be a free soloist when you know so much about flying, because I'm playing two opposite games,… — Dean Potter Art Copy Share Image
Each time I saw a cliff, I wondered whether I could free solo it. My life shaped itself around the understanding that… — Dean Potter Break Copy Share Image
I was having all these thoughts, not really sure what I was doing in school. And I just said, 'I'm gonna go… — Dean Potter Day Copy Share Image
